A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America

Abstract

"A digression concerning the smallpox"; v. 2, p. 392-414. ; The second volume ends at p. 416 (end of section XVI, Virginia); in a re-issue [1758?] of v. 2, with t.-p. "Boston .1753" prefixed, pages 417-440 were added ("in order to render this work more compleat, the following is collected from Mr. Salmon's Geographical and historical grammar, printed in London 1757") [i.e. the 6th ed. 1758, events to Nov. 1758 being included] ; At end of table of contents of v. 1 is printed the direction "Place the map to face the title of vol. I." No reference to a map is found in the earlier editions, nor elsewhere in this issue. ; Subtitle varies. ; Originally issued in numbers: v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, April 1750-Aug. (?) 1752, but not printed in the "American magazine" as first announced by the publisher; left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752. ; Mode of access: Internet.